March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the execution of John Young, the soldier turned forger who refused to give up on life and met a farcical end on the gallows

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about John Sakeouse; hunter, explorer, artist, interpreter, kayaker, friend of Leith and the first Inuit in Scotland

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Edinburgh aviation craze of 1910, when local aviators tried – with varying degrees of success – to reach for the skies

February 1, 2023February 7, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Gibsons of Leith; the enterprising fish smokers who survived shipwreck at the ends of the earth to become pioneers of aviation in Scotland

January 21, 2023January 21, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the København; the enigmatic Leith-built sailing ship that mysteriously disappeared in the South Atlantic, never to be seen again

January 6, 2023January 10, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Edinburgh Hostels for Women Students and their brief wartime role as an Internment Camp for German “Enemy Aliens”

December 28, 2022December 9, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Elliot Junction Disaster; a tragic railway crash in the midst of a blizzard that shares its anniversary with the Tay Bridge Disaster

December 4, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about an old gravestone in Leith, the King’s Botanist, a bungled attempt to capture Edinburgh Castle for the Jacobites and a death by “surfeit of figs”

November 30, 2022December 4, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Cammo; how it got its name, who owned it and the curious and curiouser tale of its eccentric and reclusive final residents

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about a curious house for sale; its short, scandalous and unhappy life as a matrimonial home; its place in a small community of eminent artists and the hidden civic building lurking within its walls